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Star Trek Online to go F2P this year

MMO to have greater potential as F2P, says CEO.

Perfect World Entertainment has announced plans to turn Star Trek Online into a free-to-play MMO by the end of the year.

"And also Star Trek Online, after the acquisition, in fact Cryptic is working on the free-to-play model for Star Trek Online," Perfect World Entertainment's CEO Kelvin Lau explained in a recent earnings call.

"This is going to be launched by the end of this year as well. So I think free-to-play model we have a bigger potential in US market and also in China market."